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SENTINEL™!
VOLUME XV.
DOUQLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
NUMBER 38
PH IIN f F ^ .NewGravity Line
inAH bEdj For waterworks
With this issue the* Sentinel passes
from under management of Mr. Z. T.
Dake, who has been editor und pub- !
lisher for the past seven years, into j
To insure plenty of pure filtered
water at all times, the water commis-
mission has demanded a new gravity
line for the waterworks. It will be
put in at once.
The Christmas holidays passed very
quietly and peacefully for Douglasville
I and Douglas county. There was little
1 disorder and no tragedy occurred to
the hands of Messrs. II. G. Hull and R. TY AA/pHfl in OX i mar tho P lea8Ure of an >' community
Kirby, both of whom have been con- j i-vCLClU VV CV.LLI 1 li^o ! j n thj s section.
nected with the paper in the mechani- ; j Douglasville merchants had all the
cal department for several years, ex-«j Judge J. H. McLarty, Christmas eve j business they could handle, a number
ct-i-t for two years, when Mr. Kirby performed the ceremonies uniting in , of stores being so crowded with cus-
the military service. j marriage, Mr. Orren James Holland j tomers seeking the advertised holiday
Mr. Dake and family will spend a and Miss Hattie Dear Baggett, and Mr. wares, as to make it difficult for sales-
few months in Florida, after which . Ernest Norton and Miss Clara Lutrell.
they Jill return to Douglasville, when
he will enter some line of business not
definately decided upon yet.
The entire plant of the former Villa
Rica New Era was purchased by Mr.
Hall sometime ago, and will be in
stalled in the Sentinel office as soon
DORKIS-JAY
On Sunday, December 28, at the
home of Rev. S. T. Gilland, Miss Ruby
Dorris and Mr. Henry Jay were quiet
ly married.
The bride is >the accomplished
as arrangements for moving can be J daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Dorris,
made. This will double the present J while the groom is a prominent young
capacity of the Sentinel plant, making j man of Social Circle, Ga.
it one of the best weeklies in the state j Immediately after the ceremony
so far as equipment is concerned. they left for Soc.al Circle for a short
TT7 I visit *
HOBSON 1 !
—- PLUNK FTT-T A Y LO R
people to serve any of them. Most
everyone elected to spend as much of
of his, or her, time as possible at home,
entertaining guests or being enter
tained as the guests of others, so
there were few social affairs of special
interest.
To Consider Plans
For New Church
TRIAL FOR' MURDER
mm TIGERS
Statements, given oqt by state and
federal officials are to the effect that
all persons guilty of selling wood
alchol and other poison a3 whiskey,
will he charged with murder, inasmuch
as no person could rightfully claim
that he did not know that wood al
chol is a poison which will produce
death.
Deaths in the United States as a
result of poisonous concoctions total
rly a hundred, with more being
added in various sections of the coun
try daily.
A committee composed of members
of the Methodist church, has been ap
pointed to meet with the pastor, Rev.
DOUGLASVILLE HOUSE
SHORTAGE ACUTE
Miss Ethel Kelsey is visiting rela- ; A recent wedding of interest to | W. H. Clark, next Friday night to
r
tivts In Atlanta, and will remain
up there for some time after the New
Year holidays.
Dr. Tierce and family visited his
mother, at Tyre recently.
Miss Pauline Morris visited rela
tives near Hulett a few days during
Christmas. She was accompanied
home by Mr. Ernest Morris and wife.
.Mr. Cnrl Morris and wife visited the
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Holland, near Bremen, recently.
Mr. Cleo Holland and sister, Miss
Sudie, of Bremen, are spending a few
days with relatives here.
Mr. J. H. Herrod and family, of
near Douglasville, spent a few days
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hodnett, of
Buford, visited his parents, Mr. nnd
Mrs. T. F. Hodnett, at Hannah, re-,
turning home on last Sunday.
Miss Ellen Morris is spending the
holidays at hon e, after attending the
Douglasville school the past fall.
Mrs. Pearl Reynolds entertained a
number of relatives and friends at
bo h iiWWi i; sum p tip ) i r tlvla y
dinner on Christmas eve, which was
Very much enjoyed by all preset.
Most of the farmers through here
will have plenty of hog and hominy
Another year. Quite a number of
\nice hogs have been killed. The writer
jkilled three that netted him 1019
founds.
The*'fr J .i‘mer .should plant plenty of
food stuff ibis year, as it is very
probable that the boll weevil will be
be more numerous than they have
ever been in this section.
Mr. und Mrs. B. A. Bomar visited
the former’s sister, Mrs, Lora Smith,
at Madras, recently.
Mrs. Ethel Bullard, of Madras, is
visiting friends here.
We wish all a happy and prosperous
New Year.
their many friends, was that of Miss
Jessie Plunkett, daughter of Mr. 1). R.
Plunkett, of Winston, and Mr. Ray
mond Taylor, also of Winston.
SMITH-VANSANT
A wedding which will be of interest
to the many friends of the wedded
couple, was that of Miss Lillie Smith
and Mr. Janies Y. Vansant, which
took place at the residence of Judge
J. H. McLarty last Sunday, Rev. S. T.
Gilland officiating.
MILLIONS AND
MYSTICISM IN
STORY
discuss plans for
church building.
the proposed new
No Strike For
Auto Thieves
Atlanta, Dec.31—Automobile thieves
are still plying their trade in this city.
Two cars, a Buick and a Ford, were
taken from in front of the Grand
theatre last night.
So far neither car has been located.
A few years ago somebody started
the slogan “Watch Douglasville
Grow.” Everybody has watched its
climb in the past few-^iears with grati
fication, but unless something is done
soon to remedy the present situation,
my hope for much more growth is
useless.
he lack of houses is doing more to
hinder Douglasville than anything
else. People are clamoring for houses
and there are none.
Some new industries are mentioned
possibilities this year, but if built
they would hardly be able to run with-
DOUGLASVILLE METHODISTS,
ATTENTION.
WINSTON NEWS ITEMS
.M:. Gordon Burnett and family
Bpent the holidays with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Burnett.
Miss Flossie Daniel, of Atlanta,
visited Mrs. A. B. Stovall recently.
Mr. W. H. McCain, of Birmingham,
visited friends in Winston Christmas
day.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Griggs were
Atlanta visitors Monday.
Misses Tommie and Bessie Hum
phries, of Austell
When Buck Williams rescued the
quiet little Hindu from the wreck of
the burning diner he performed an
act that the latter repaid with interest
not long after.
“Swami Ram’s Reincaranation” i
the title of! n new story appea
serially in this newspaper, beginning 'dentified with our church organization
this week. It is a story of Mexican A KO odly number of other Methodists
This letter is addressed to you not
because of any lack of interest in the
town at large, but because we must
have your ear first.
The Methodist church in Douglas-
viille is one of the established agencies
through which God would bring the
siritual blessings to the whole town.
Three hundred or more men, women
and childien of the community ar
bandits, with a mine worth millions
at stake, involving oriental mysticism.
From the moment that Tom Daven
port noticed the dusky-skinned native
of India skulking along with a bottle
of milk under his arm, you are won
dering what the mystery is all about;.
Be sure to begin with the first in
stallment this week. You will enjoy
reading it.
Laurens Farmers
To Fight Weevil
Dublin, Dec. 30.—Judging from
orders already placed with dealers
here, there will be a great deal of
colcium arsenate used by farmers in
Laurens county next year for fight
ing the boll weevil.
One dealer said he expected to have
more orders than he could fill.
HAS HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Mr. J. E. Phillips says he was the
happiest map in Douglasville Christ
mas. AllViys children and grandchil
dren were at-home with him once
more. They were: Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Wright and son, Jack, of Laurel 1,
pent the week-end , Miss., Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Phillips
with Miss Lillian Sayer.
Mr. A. B. Stovall spent Saturday
in Atlanta.
The oyster supper given by the Ma
sons, was enjoyed by all who attended.
Master Glenn Thompson is quite
sick with tonsilitis at this writing.
Mr. Baxter Smith und family, of
Birmingham, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Giles Sunday.
The Christmas tree at Ephesus,
Christmas eve, was well attended
and greatly enjoyed by all present.
CHUMS.
Indianapolis, lnd., and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur De La Periere and daughter,
Margaret, of Hoschton.
.Work Resumed
>on Highway
The wrnfk of grading Broad street
has beerf resumed this week. This
portion.'of the Bankhead Highway is
rapUty assuming the proportions of
big city thoroughfare, and when com- | Ernestine, were assisted in serving by
HOLIDAY PARTY
One of the prettiest of the holiday
parties was that given on Monday
afternoon by Mesdames E. M. Huffines
and M. E. Geer, at the beautiful new
home of the latter, in honor of Mrs.
J. C. Wright, of Laurell, Miss., Mrs.
Arthur De La Periere, of Hoschton,
and Mrs. T. II. Phillips, of Indianapo
lis, lnd.
The color scheme of red and white
was artistically supplimented by the
use of holly and mistletoe in the deco
ration.
After a most interesting game of
progressive rook, deliciqus refresh
ments were served to the thirty or
more guests.
The two chahning daughters of
Mrs. Geer, Misses Katherine and
J. E. Phillips
For Re-election
plete will add much to the town, as
■well as the county highway, of which
it is a part.
three of their lovely young friends,
Misses Sarah Meadows, Lois Hagin,
and Marjorie Upshaw.
here holding membership at other
points. Except in rare cases we think
your membership should be placed
with us. You may be needed else
where, but you must make your Chris
tianity count first of all where you
live.
The house of God is the central
station and generating plant of the
church.
Here we find fellowship and re
ceive Information and inspiration
along all lines of church activity.
Regularly there are three services per
week for you at the church; Sunday
morning, Sunday evening, Wednesday
evening. Unless providentially hin
dered, you ought to attend one, two,
or three of these services. Worship
is esentially a part of religious life;
neglect it and you inevitably suffer
spiritual decline. Your own experi
ence, no doubt, bears out this state
ment. You cannot afford to forsake
the service in the saneutary of the
Most High.
Furthermore, if true to your vows,
you are habitually investing money
in the work of the church. Surely you
are concerned about gathering divi
dends on this investment. Interest
in the church and its services brings
to you interest on your money. If
the sowing be scant, or the reaping
neglected, what profit are you gather
ing from your church affiliation?
We need you, not only in the church,
hut at the church. If Methodism is
to do her best work in Douglasville we
ought to move as a solid phalanx.
Under the inspiration born of worship
we shall be ready for any task. As a
new pastor, endeavoring to lay hold
of the situation, we crave your sym
pathy and co-operation. An indiffer
ent church can do but little; a united
and willing people can do almost any-
thing.
As we enter the new year let us
pray for each other, seeking divine
guidance and God’s richest gifts for
all.
That all who name His name in our
midst shall he imbued with heavenly
virtues, filled with divine grace, and
thoroughly furnished unto every
good word and work, is our prayer
for the New Year.
Yours for service,
W. H. CLARK.
In another column will be found
the announcement of Mr. J. E. Phil
lips for re-election to the office of
city clerk, which position he has held
for the past three terms.
On account of business affairs,
jMuyor Z. T. Dake has declined to be-
Sifciu a candidate for re-election as
mayor. There is said to be a senti
ment in favor Hon. J. H. McLarty for
the place.
SOME PEARL OF THE ANTILLES
From Macon Telegraph.
Cuban advantages are arousing thft
interest of increasing numbers of our
solvent beauty and chivalry. John
Burroughs suggested, recently in
Chicago, that the migration of wild
birds might indicate a hard winter,
In the case of most wild birds it is not
the cold but a. failure of the food sup
ply which prompts unusual move
ments,” says the Chicago Tribune.
“Birds which were wont to pass the
winter in these parts have turned wild
and are migrating. A naturalist
would find the reason in the failure
of supply. Some of the new migrants
are not only wild but furious.
“Happy Cuba, happy migrant'll -
Wealth will be attracted first. It be
ing solvent is not fettered. To find
the price of transportation a casual
incident is the ^condition of a freeman
in the land of the free. He is free if
he can get out of it.
“Wealth naturally attracts the fine
arts. The center of our culture is
traveling to the Caribbeans, the cradle
T - of our civilization. The destiny
-U ire In 1 eiTiple w *” c h led Columbus into these islands
out employes.
The mills already here are not run
ning at their fullest capacity on ac
count of this.
The house shortage is not confined
to Douglasville. The same situation
prevails throughout the country. So
if interest in building could be stimu
lated here, the news would spread to
other localities and people would move
here, making Douglasville bigger and
better and giving her a good start
ahead of her neighbor towns and
cities.
Let’s build!
Sunday Morning
has been ion" working out its purpose,
Temple, Ga., Dec. 28,-As the re- I but in s P ite , of a s P urio " s and ina f*
suit of a fire which broke out in the fective devol “P ment t °' va,d the north,
j thecurrent of empire has turned in lM
e direction.
Culture is to he more Southern and
business section this morning, sever
buildings and many thousand dollar
worth of property were destroyed. , . ,
r P . ,, . . * . . . congenial. We are about to prove
I he blaze started ni« restaurant j , .....
u • j p •» . , , that the Aztec civilization was natur-
on south side ol railroad and spread
rapidly.
Buildings bin ned were, Moore drug
.store, Mum* restaurant,.- D:\ Kinney':,
office, R. C. Robison’s barber shop, •
NEW YEAR’S ADVENT
QUIET IN DOUGLASVILLE
Douglasville awoke to New Year’s
day sans headaches, and that feeling
of well, you know. So far as
we know, nobody stayed up to bid
goodbye to the old and welcome the
The only demonstration attracting
any attention was the firing of a
“big gun” about midnight, which was
distinctly felt all over the city.
It was the custom in the pre-prohi
days to reserve tables in the Atlanta
places where the young year was
welcomed with merriment.
The event was generally observed
by young society in many social
functions.
Atlanta Bank
Notes Found
Counterfeited
Dispatches from Washington report
the discovery of a pumber of coun
terfeited $100 lu^es, of the Federal
Reserve Bank, of Atlanta.
ESCAPED
CONVICTS
LARGE
STILL A1
Atlanta—Two of the three convicts
who made a daring escape this week
hy holding up an automobile and
ejecting its occupants, taking the car
themselves, have not been apprehend
ed.
To Answer R. I.
Brief on ‘Dry’ Law
Washington, Dec. 30—The brief of
the State of Rhode Island charging
that the prohibition law is uncon
stitutional filed in the Supreme Court
will be answered by the government
within a few days, the department
of justice announced Tuesday.
i ally developed. Upon its ruins we
■ shall erect new pillars and columns
• of a liberal magnificence^,
“Although the first c^rent of thitf
uiiiu-, xv. v./. xwuKiim n dill our siiuu, 1 . , . , _ ,
Gaineshoro Telephone Co., and Dr. 1 mi B rntlon ,' s toue . h “» the ™ ba "
Sprueil’s office. The doctors' offices!'* 0 "* * s P re “ d j to “ ll thc “T*
were in buildings occupied by othe, | j sles1 and f,nd 1 \ s f ?*' er of b j oductl0n
businesses. Exact damages not yeti'" tho bcaut,ful C >’ atc u,ld scenery
: of Mexico. ; t
“Historians' later will observe the
•stages of the movement
known.
GOES INTO REAL ESTATE
Mr. J. T. Samples, of Winston, has
announced his intention of operating
eal estate business this year.
Pictures Only At
Kozytorium
successive
South. At first, the blond beasts
with gilt edged securities, a migra
tory breed able to subsist wherever
their dividends can be forwarded to
them. They will gain a foothold and
will gather about them a numeroUi *
following. Poets and singers, priae
fighters and professors, architects
and plumbers, sculptors and scala
wags, writers, wash ladies and all the
Vaudeville will be discontinued and j constituents of civilization will gather
only motion pictures of the better sort where wealth is.
will.be run at the Kozytorium theatre | “Life will sing and be joyous. Tbo
1n 1920, according to manager Dorris. | ar ts will prosper. A fierce race, proud
i of its imperialism, eager for subsidary
NEW YORK CELEBRATES domain, for tributes and taxes, will
IN SAME OLD WAY I arise. It will be glorious and w®
meekly may say that our legislation
New York, Dec. 31.—New Year's indirectly produced it.
celebration here is but little different “it will have universal military
from former occasions. The usual I service and leagalized boxing. Th®
amount of wet goods is in evidence, j sun 0 f empire is moving South. Cuba
but the gayety is more restrained.
is the pearl of the Antilles. Sum®
I pearl!”
Hagan in the
Race for Clerk
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the announcement of Mr. B. F.
Hagin, who is a candidate for city
clerk.
GLENN McKELVEN NOW A CIVIL-
LI AN
Mr. Glenn McKelvey, who was er
roneously reported as having been dis
charged from the army some weeks
ago, received his discharge from the
army hospital this week.
STORES CLOSE TO TAKE STOCK
Several of the leading st.-cs were
closed the early part of the week
taking stock. Plans are being made,
or have already been made, to carry
larger stocks of spring goods then
ever before. Sentinel readers will
do well to watch out for the spring
advertisements which will appear in
this paper within a few weeks.
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
C. H. Fountain, Whitesburg
Mrs. II. G. Cunningham, At
lanta
Mrs. Dollie Pope, Rt. 2
J. Roy Smith, Birmingham
J. E. Pace, Cullman, Ala.
J. A. W. McLarty. Rt. 6
Mrs. J. E. Hauck, Marion. N. C.
W. B. Wingo, Gadsden, Ala.
Rev. A. J. Morgan, Acworth
Grady Davis, Douglasville
Miss L. M. Thompson, Rt. 3
R EN E VV A L S U BSCRIPTIONS
Mattie Hicks, (col) Douglas
ville.
B. A. Hudson, Rt. 2
W. P. Webb, Rt. 4
Lem Evans (col)
J. W. Hitchcock, City
Mrs. Viola Bullington, Rt. 6
A. B. Stovall, Winston
F. M. Pilgrim, Rt. 7.
J. W. Hendricks
W. O. Collins